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Reconstruction | Hour 2 Preview

Preview: Season 2019 | 30s

Post-Civil War America was a new world. For African Americans living in the former Confederacy, Reconstruction was what historian W. E. B. Du Bois once described as their “brief moment in the sun.” But support for the social, economic, and political gains they achieved didn’t last long. A controversial presidential election in 1876 deals Reconstruction a grievous blow.

Here is the extended first look at Reconstruction: America After the Civil War. This new, four hour documentary series will tell the full story of this misrepresented and misunderstood chapter of American history.